Thread: Which format is best for long-term storage?
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Old 07-26-2014, 02:20 AM   #18
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Sorry to slightly change the topic, but is one hardware solution better than another? For example, external hard drives, DVDs, etc?
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I sometimes go through my ebooks and burn them to DVD once I have enough to make it worth the trouble. I just backed up my purchases over the last few yrs from Smashwords that way. 1st I reconverted them (some were epubs) to the old mobi format then I made an iso file and burned it to DVD. I've got some 2,300 odd books from them (most from their sales) and before reconverting the mobi and epubs filled 2 GB of space. Afterward they took up about half that. Of course I can't add anything to the file as it was an iso file so I only used about 1/4th the DVD but I know the file will last at least as long as the DVD does. I could have something happen to the DVD tomorrow but then an external hard drive could go bad as well.
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